General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> April 26, 2004

OUTLOOK FOR EQUITIES: JASON TRENNERT – INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY & INVESTMENT GROUP

JASON R. TRENNERT is Chief Investment Strategist and Senior Managing Director at International Strategy and Investment Group Inc. (ISI Group), a New York broker-dealer specializing in economic research. Mr. Trennert is ranked head of ISI's investment strategy team, ranked runner-up in the Institutional Investor 2003 All America Research Team and Best Boutique for Portfolio Strategy. He is the principal author of the Portfolio Strategy Report. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Trennert built and oversaw ISI's survey research effort, writing ISI's Company Survey Report, a weekly research piece that summarizes ISI's industry findings, as well as a monthly equity market strategy piece. He is regularly quoted in the domestic and foreign press, is a regular guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box, and has been a special guest on Kudlow & Cramer and Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street. He received an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSFS in International Economics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for Georgetown's Wall Street Alliance, the National Association of Business Economists, the National Italian American Foundation and the Catholic League. Profile
TWST: Could you give us an overview of International Strategy and

Investment Group?

Mr. Trennert: International Strategy and Investment Group, ISIG, is a

broker-dealer of about 80 people. The